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ECOLOGICAL PROJECT EP-EC20 IN ECUADOR

Volunteer Project in Ecuador

EP-EC20

Description:

In Ecuador, many animals are still treated, trafficked and killed in horrible ways. This project, based in Puyo, is dedicated to offer a safe home and rehabilitation to those primates that have been rescued from animal dealers or families who kept them in captivity or abused them. The centre collaborates with a venitary docter to help the primates that are in poor health. The main goal of the foundation is to enable primates to return to the wild. In order to enable them to do so, the foundation owns two hectares of tropical rain forest, were animals are set out. As some animals will never be able to return to the wild due to health problems, the foundations also offers permanent residence. At this moment, the centre is home to 50 animals.

Activities:

Volunteers can be asked to perform the following activities:

Help care for the animals

Maintain the centre

Guide activities

Construction activities

Requirements:

To work at this project we are searching for volunteers with the following requirements:

Basic level of Spanish

Enthusiasm

Love for animals

Prepared to take initiative and responsibility

Not afraid to get your hands dirty

Willing to work in a humid and hot environment

Minimum:

The minimum time requested is 4 weeks.

Work Schedule:

Volunteers are expected to work Monday-Friday from 8.30 a.m. till 16.30 p.m. Those volunteers interested in guiding, can be asked to work in the weekends as well. Every morning, you can choose what activity you would prefer to perform that day.

Spanish:

What you can do with the foundation will depend largely on your availability, ingenuity and Spanish skills. A basic level of Spanish is recommended, as you will be working with Spanish speaking employers. There is a possibility to first follow Spanish lessons at a language school in Quito.